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<th> <b>2013-01-23:</b>
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<th> Currently these pages are completely rewritten to reflect the state of the new designed GUI which will be released in 2013
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<div id="toc" class="toc"><div id="toctitle"><h2>Contents</h2></div>
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<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="Hugin_Main_window.html#Tabs"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Tabs</span></a>
<ul>
<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-2"><a href="Hugin_Main_window.html#Assistant"><span class="tocnumber">1.1</span> <span class="toctext">Assistant</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-3"><a href="Hugin_Main_window.html#Preview"><span class="tocnumber">1.2</span> <span class="toctext">Preview</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-4"><a href="Hugin_Main_window.html#Layout"><span class="tocnumber">1.3</span> <span class="toctext">Layout</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-5"><a href="Hugin_Main_window.html#Projection"><span class="tocnumber">1.4</span> <span class="toctext">Projection</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-6"><a href="Hugin_Main_window.html#Move.2FDrag"><span class="tocnumber">1.5</span> <span class="toctext">Move/Drag</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-7"><a href="Hugin_Main_window.html#Crop"><span class="tocnumber">1.6</span> <span class="toctext">Crop</span></a></li>
</ul>
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<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-8"><a href="Hugin_Main_window.html#Menus"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Menus</span></a>
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<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-9"><a href="Hugin_Main_window.html#File"><span class="tocnumber">2.1</span> <span class="toctext">File</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-10"><a href="Hugin_Main_window.html#Edit"><span class="tocnumber">2.2</span> <span class="toctext">Edit</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-11"><a href="Hugin_Main_window.html#View"><span class="tocnumber">2.3</span> <span class="toctext">View</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-12"><a href="Hugin_Main_window.html#Interface"><span class="tocnumber">2.4</span> <span class="toctext">Interface</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-13"><a href="Hugin_Main_window.html#Help"><span class="tocnumber">2.5</span> <span class="toctext">Help</span></a></li>
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<h1><span class="mw-headline" id="Tabs">Tabs</span></h1>
<p>Although there are many other uses, <a href="Hugin.html" title="Hugin">Hugin</a> is primarily a
tool for assembling multiple photos and creating a "seamless" panorama.
</p><p>Hugin is a program that is "tab" based. Below you see a partial example screen of Hugin showing the tabs.
</p><p><img alt="Hugin2013 tabs.png" src="Hugin2013_tabs.png" width="511" height="66" /><a class="external" href="http://wiki.panotools.org/File:Hugin2013_tabs.png">[*]</a>
</p><p>This process of assembling multiple photos and creating a "seamless" panorama is completely automatic 
if you use the <a href="Hugin_Assistant_tab.html" title="Hugin Assistant tab">Hugin Assistant tab</a>, which is the default tab, 
but <b>Hugin</b> also allows full manual control of every stage. For this, <b>Hugin</b> provides three user interface options: Simple, Advanced and Expert.
The <b>Hugin</b> simple mode consists of the <a href="Hugin_Assistant_tab.html" title="Hugin Assistant tab">Hugin Assistant tab</a> and a few other tabs (as displayed above) that give you simple but effective control on what you are doing.
</p><p>This is a quick overview of this <i>tab</i> system for the <i>Simple</i> interface. It isn't a step by step tutorial.
You can find these tutorials on the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://hugin.sourceforge.net/tutorials/">Hugin website</a>.
</p><p>For this same overview regarding the "old" user interface (but still the user interface of the current stable release), you can start with Hugin Main window old gui<a class="external" href="http://wiki.panotools.org/Hugin_Main_window_old_gui">[*]</a>.
</p>
<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Assistant">Assistant</span></h2>
<p>The <a href="Hugin_Assistant_tab.html" title="Hugin Assistant tab">Hugin Assistant tab</a> is the fully automatic part of <a href="Hugin.html" title="Hugin">Hugin</a>; here you can
load images, align them and <i>stitch</i> them into a panorama without having to use
any of the other tabs.
The <a href="Hugin_Assistant_tab.html" title="Hugin Assistant tab">Hugin Assistant tab</a> also consists of a panoramic overview and a preview. This overview and preview are visible on the other tabs as well, be it with different functionality and sometimes slightly modified layout.
</p><p>Alternatively, you can use this <b>Assistant</b> as the first step in creating a
project that can involve the use of some or all of the other tabs. You can also switch to one of the other 
user interface modes, Advanced and Expert, if you want or need to.
</p>
<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Preview">Preview</span></h2>
<p>In the <a href="Hugin_Preview_tab.html" title="Hugin Preview tab">Hugin Preview tab</a>, you have options to check your images and positions, the white balance, control points (equal points in two overlapping images), <i>etcetera</i>. Changes will immediately be displayed in this preview. This <a href="Hugin_Preview_tab.html" title="Hugin Preview tab">Hugin Preview tab</a> is the same preview as displayed in the <a href="Hugin_Assistant_tab.html" title="Hugin Assistant tab">Hugin Assistant tab</a> and all other tabs in the Simple User Interface.
</p><p><br />
</p>
<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Layout">Layout</span></h2>
<p>The Layout tab shows the entire project as a diagram with colour-coded lines connecting each of the photographs.
</p>
<div class="thumb tleft"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:302px;"><img alt="" src="300px-Hugin2013_layout_tab.png" width="300" height="172" class="thumbimage" /><a class="external" href="http://wiki.panotools.org/File:Hugin2013_layout_tab.png">[*]</a>  <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><img src="magnify-clip.png" width="15" height="11" alt="" /><a class="external" href="http://wiki.panotools.org/File:Hugin2013_layout_tab.png">[*]</a></div>Screenshot of Layout tab; click for larger versions</div></div></div>
<p><br style="clear:both;" />
</p><p>Green lines connecting images show the control points have a small error; red lines show a large error. Grey lines show no control points connecting the images.
</p><p>You can see where the project is OK and where there are problems if it isn't quite right. Just click on any connection and Hugin jumps to the Control Points tab to edit that pair of photos.
</p><p>Use the <b>Scale</b> slider to change the size of the photo thumbnails. This only affects the Layout display and won't change the final panorama.
</p>
<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Projection">Projection</span></h2>
<p>The <a href="Hugin_Projection_tab.html" title="Hugin Projection tab">Hugin Projection tab</a> is for adjusting the <a href="Projections.html" title="Projections">projection</a> of the panorama; some projections have adjustable parameters that will appear when selected.
</p>
<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Move.2FDrag">Move/Drag</span></h2>
<p>The <a href="Hugin_move_drag_tab.html" title="Hugin move drag tab">Hugin Move/Drag tab</a> is used to recentre the panorama interactively (or place it for whatever reason off centre).
</p>
<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Crop">Crop</span></h2>
<p>The <a href="Hugin_Crop_tab.html" title="Hugin Crop tab">Hugin Crop tab</a> displays a rectangle over your preview. By dragging the edges of this rectangle, you can adjust the output area of the panorama.
</p>
<h1><span class="mw-headline" id="Menus">Menus</span></h1>
<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="File">File</span></h2>
<ul>
<li> <b>New</b>: Discard the current project and start a new empty project.
</li>
<li> <b>Open</b> an existing <a href="Hugin.html" title="Hugin">Hugin</a>, PTGUI<a class="external" href="http://wiki.panotools.org/PTGUI">[*]</a>, PTAssembler<a class="external" href="http://wiki.panotools.org/PTAssembler">[*]</a>, <a href="Autopano.html" title="Autopano">autopano</a> or <a href="Autopano-sift.html" title="Autopano-sift">autopano-sift</a> project file.
</li>
<li> <b>Save</b> the current project as a Hugin <i>pto</i> file.
</li>
<li> <b>Save as</b> a <i>pto</i> file with a different name.
</li>
<li> <b>Most recently used projects</b> shows a list of recent Hugin projects.
</li>
<li> <b>Run Batch Processor</b> launches the <a href="Hugin_Batch_Processor.html" title="Hugin Batch Processor">Hugin Batch Processor</a> GUI queue manager; note that the queue won't be processed unless this queue manager is running.
</li>
<li> <b>Preferences</b> opens the <a href="Hugin_Preferences.html" title="Hugin Preferences">Hugin Preferences</a> window.
</li>
<li> <b>Quit</b> Hugin.
</li>
</ul>
<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Edit">Edit</span></h2>
<ul>
<li> <b>Undo</b> undoes the most recent change to the current project.
</li>
<li> <b>Redo</b> redoes an undo.
</li>
</ul>
<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="View">View</span></h2>
<ul>
<li> <b>Panorama Editor</b> opens the <a href="Hugin_Panorama_Editor_window.html" title="Hugin Panorama Editor window">Editor window</a> where you have control over the various states a workflow is going through from a set of source images to the panorama. 
</li>
<li> <b>Full Screen</b> shows this <b>Hugin Main window</b> using as much screen space as possible without any window decorations.  Note that the <a href="Hugin_Fast_Preview_window.html" title="Hugin Fast Preview window">Hugin Fast Preview window</a> can also be set as full screen.
</li>
<li> <b>Overview</b> checkbox: Shows or hides the (docked) overview in the screen.
</li>
<li> <b>Grid</b> checkbox: Shows or hides the grid in the overview and preview canvas (see <a href="Hugin_Assistant_tab.html" title="Hugin Assistant tab"> Hugin Assistant tab</a>).
</li>
</ul>
<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Interface">Interface</span></h2>
<ul>
<li> <b>Simple</b>: This is the user interface this introduction is written for. It consists of all basic functionality to create a panorama and will suffice in 90% of all cases.
</li>
<li> <b>Advanced</b>: This user interface starts Hugin in the Panorama Editor screen. The Simple interface is available in the background.
</li>
<li> <b>Expert</b>: This user interface also starts Hugin in the Panorama Editor screen and unleashes all the power and options of Hugin.
</li>
</ul>
<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Help">Help</span></h2>
<ul>
<li> <b>Help</b> opens the <a href="Hugin.html" title="Hugin">Hugin</a> manual.
</li>
<li> <b>Tip of the day</b>
</li>
<li> <b>Keyboard Shortcuts</b>
</li>
<li> <b>FAQ</b>: Hugin <a href="Hugin_FAQ.html" title="Hugin FAQ">Frequently asked questions</a>
</li>
<li> <b>About</b> shows the Hugin About window<a class="external" href="http://wiki.panotools.org/index.php?title=Hugin_About_window&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1">[*]</a>.
</li>
<li> <b>Donate</b> opens the Hugin donation page; there is no obligation to donate.  Any donations are used for travel and promotion costs related to Hugin development.
</li>
</ul>




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